“Can we afford to let undiscovered and underutilized medicinal plants not only go unnoticed, but possibly disappear forever.

Cultivating a Cure is a one-hour documentary that looks to answer this question by following the progress of native healers, scientists, and researchers all working with traditional plant-based medicines in and around the Amazonian town of Iquitos, Peru.”

And if you find this topic interesting, you might also want to check out these online tele-seminars, with some of the leading experts in this field – Jeremy Narby, Wade Davis, Luis Eduardo Luna, Kat Harrison, and Stanislav Grof: